. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Pruning Street Trees 109 trees. The use of climbing irons should be avoided, as well as other methods which would damage the bark. A heavy pruning cleaver for medium-sized twigs and prun- ing knives and shears of ^â arious shapes for the smaller twigs are useful. For the latter, a long handled chisel with a guide (Victor Pruner) in practised hands, is an ex- cellent tool. Chisel and ham- mer may sometimes be needed to smooth cut surfaces and to cut out rotten wood. For small branches
. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. Pruning Street Trees 109 trees. The use of climbing irons should be avoided, as well as other methods which would damage the bark. A heavy pruning cleaver for medium-sized twigs and prun- ing knives and shears of ^â arious shapes for the smaller twigs are useful. For the latter, a long handled chisel with a guide (Victor Pruner) in practised hands, is an ex- cellent tool. Chisel and ham- mer may sometimes be needed to smooth cut surfaces and to cut out rotten wood. For small branches, up to three- quarter inch diameter, the cut- ting shear tree-pruners either with or without pole and rope are serviceable, various forms being on the market. The main point to look out for is that the cutting edges pass close past each other and that ' '^^' they can readily be kept in such relation, that the spring opening the blades be sufficiently strong, and yet not too strong, that the grips are not closing up too closely, and that the tool be kept sharp. Common sheep shears answer for light trimming as well as any other more fanciful tool. Pruning Street Trees. The pruning of street trees should begin early, while the tree is still young, so as gradually to secure the proper form â a well-defined main shaft and a symmetrical crown of branches starting well above the heads of the passers-by. If this trimming is done within a few years after planting and is repeated regularly e\-er}- two or three years, the necessity of removing heavy branches,. -" Waters'" Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923. New York Holt
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